Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Occupants cut from van in GWB crash with tractor-trailers Occupants cut from van in GWB crash with tractor-trailers Occupants cut from van in GWB crash with tractor-trailers
Occupants cut from van in GWB crash with tractor-trailers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two people had to be cut from a van involved in a crash with two tractor-trailers on the George Washington Bridge headed into New York this morning. The upper-level crash around 10:30 a.m. required tunnel and bridge agents from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to cut out the occupants of the van, which was pinned by the rigs. Both were taken to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center with undetermined injuries. One eastbound on the bridge was open, causing delays of more than 45 minutes. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford police crack multi-county burglary spree East Rutherford police crack multi-county burglary spree East Rutherford police crack multi-county burglary spree
East Rutherford police crack multi-county burglary spree East Rutherford police said they found stolen clothing, laptops, a sheriff’s badge and three guns in the apartment of an Elizabeth man suspected of a crime spree that stretched across several counties. Raymond Rouland, 45, was picked up on Friday after detectives traced him through a credit card that they said he stole during a burglary in their town and then used at the Jersey Gardens Mall. They identified him “through eyewitness identifications and video surveillance images,” East Rutherford Police Chief Larry Minda said. A search of Rouland’s on Friday turned up evidence of burglarie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Car plows into Fireplace Restaurant on Route 17 Car plows into Fireplace Restaurant on Route 17 Car plows into Fireplace Restaurant on Route 17
Car plows into Fireplace Restaurant on Route 17 ONLY ON THE PILOT: A car slammed into an exterior brick wall of The Fireplace Restaurant on Route 17 in Paramus tonight after the driver apparently failed to negotiate a turn. The male driver of the Nissan Sentra sustained no apparent injuries — nor was anyone in the restaurant injured — in the 7:45 p.m. crash. Paramus police and EMS responded. Although the damage appeared minor, the car had to removed by flatbed tow truck. The building sustained minor damage to the wall and an iron railing. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park defendant in rape case rushed to hospital as jurors deliberate Palisades Park defendant in rape case rushed to hospital as jurors deliberate Palisades Park defendant in rape case rushed to hospital as jurors deliberate
Palisades Park defendant in rape case rushed to hospital as jurors deliberate CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE: As jurors in Hackensack today began deliberating the fate of a former mob associate from Palisades Park charged with rape, the 73-year-old defendant – who only moments earlier was smiling with his family – was brought out of the Bergen County courthouse on a gurney and taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck after complaining of “angina-like” symptoms. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi said tonight that she spoke to doctors who told her that Kenneth Wedra didn’t have a heart attack. However, she said their protocol is to observe him for 24…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee PD arrest Lodi man in car-repair con of woman, 85 Fort Lee PD arrest Lodi man in car-repair con of woman, 85 Fort Lee PD arrest Lodi man in car-repair con of woman, 85
Fort Lee PD arrest Lodi man in car-repair con of woman, 85 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 85-year-old woman was conned into handing over $1,900 for car repairs by a man who pulled alongside her by the George Washington Bridge, but fast-moving Fort Lee police had the suspect in custody soon after. The victim told police that Rocky Davida of Lodi pulled his car alongside hers on Lemoine Avenue on May 29, “told her that she had damage on her car and that he can fix it cheap,” Detective Capt. Thomas Ottina said this afternoon. He then had her pull into the Washington Bridge Plaza shopping center, the captain said. After quoting her a price of $900, Dav…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Car detailing worker charged in sexual abuse of Cliffside Park girl Car detailing worker charged in sexual abuse of Cliffside Park girl Car detailing worker charged in sexual abuse of Cliffside Park girl
Car detailing worker charged in sexual abuse of Cliffside Park girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Over several years, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today, a 22-year-old Cliffside Park man repeatedly sexually abused a young girl, beginning when she was 11. On Friday, detectives from Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit, along with Cliffside Park police, arrested  Luan Silva of Veterans Place after being notified by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), who were alerted by school authorities. Silva, who is single and works at a high-end auto detailing shop, was being held on $400,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
NJ State trooper confronted by Bergen County police on Turnpike, investigation demanded NJ State trooper confronted by Bergen County police on Turnpike, investigation demanded NJ State trooper confronted by Bergen County police on Turnpike, investigation demanded
NJ State trooper confronted by Bergen County police on Turnpike, investigation demanded YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An incident on the New Jersey Turnpike involving two Bergen County Police Department officers and a trooper has New Jersey State Police calling for county authorities to investigate, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “Our review shows that we can be proud of the way our officers reacted,” a State Police officer with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT while this story was being researched. “We can’t say the same for the other guys.” The entire incident was recorded by the trooper’s dashcam, multiple sources confirmed. They also said that an NJSP major …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
More serious charges for New York man in sex with Paramus girl, 14 More serious charges for New York man in sex with Paramus girl, 14 More serious charges for New York man in sex with Paramus girl, 14
More serious charges for New York man in sex with Paramus girl, 14 ONLY ON THE PILOT: An upstate New York accused of having a sexual relationship with a Paramus girl beginning when she was 14 faces additional counts of threatening to strangle her and forcing her to insert a brush into her vagina. Chase Bunt, 24, originally was charged with second-degree sexual assault for allegedly forcing the girl into oral sex. A grand jury in Hackensack last week added five counts involving what it said were forced acts. Bunt lives in Ellenville in the Catskills, about 35 miles west of Poughkeepsie and less than 20 miles north of Middletown. State Police there arr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi fire marshal, niece, charged in elderly abuse still have crack at clearing charges Lodi fire marshal, niece, charged in elderly abuse still have crack at clearing charges Lodi fire marshal, niece, charged in elderly abuse still have crack at clearing charges
Lodi fire marshal, niece, charged in elderly abuse still have crack at clearing charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Contrary to a published report elsewhere, Lodi Fire Marshal Paul Wanco and his niece this week haven’t been denied entry into a special program that will removed charges of elderly abuse against them in connection with an incident in which prosecutors said they neglected his mother after she fell down at home, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The three live together in Lodi, where, prosecutors said, the 85-year-old woman fell and needed assistance getting up. However, she was left there for at least 12 hours — and possibly up to 15 — and later had to be taken to a hosp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Large truck overturns, closing Route 80 express lanes in Hackensack both ways Large truck overturns, closing Route 80 express lanes in Hackensack both ways Large truck overturns, closing Route 80 express lanes in Hackensack both ways
Large truck overturns, closing Route 80 express lanes in Hackensack both ways ALERT: The Route 80 express lanes in Hackensack were shut down in both directions after a large truck hauling crates of candy overturned across the divider around 9:45 this morning. The driver was believed trapped and had to be extricated following the accident near the Hudson Street exit, emergency workers said. State Police said he sustained only minor injuries, however, and was treated at the scene. Dry chemicals were used to soak up the spilled fuel, and the express lanes were reopened around 1:30, less than four hours after the crash. State Police Lt. Stephen Jones said investigato…

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